Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Obamas job recovery

The frame that the articles in our group were mainly about was obama and his plan for the job recovery. all of the articles showed the same subject in very different ways. it wasnt hard to identify the similarities between all of the articles that we were reading simply because the tittles themselves they were just so obvious and catchy. for example on one of the articles the tittle was somewhere along the lines of "obama wants to play us for fools". that title was actually a quote by sara palin who was interviewed by fox news on obamas plan. this title is obviously showing a negative feeling towards obama. the people who read this article will automatically have in mind the negative feeling towards the article. its like when someone tells you a story and before they even begin to tell the story they begin with a negative comment or feeling. like "i really hate him" or something like that. when you are about to hear the story you have already been influenced by the immediate reaction of the speaker. which brings us into the topic of power. power is something that a journalist has over the people. writers in general have power. it is a very different power than the usual power that we think of like light or muscle power. the power that a journalist or writer holds is that they defiantly have the ability to shape the readers mind. when a tragic situation happens the news and media will portray the situation as a different situation than a different news station. and like someone mentioned in class celebrity's get ratted on everyday and different reporters based on their emotional connect will base his or her opinion on it and write the story based on their emotions. Sara Palin obviously isn't happy with Obama being the president as it is. and publishing a comment that she said and making that the tittle is going to affect the viewers thoughts and opinions as well and maybe people will say " she is right i am no fool." the second article that i want to talk about was one that was very simple yet big. twelve words to describe obamas plan. all of the words that were used were negative adjectives describing his plan. and the description of some even read that he had no plan at all and that it was nothing but just talk. again the power of these words will really reflect on the opinion that the writer has and will affect the opinion that the reader will take. some people do not even know about obama and his plan and to be compeltely honest i didnt know about it either until i began to hear about it in the news. one news channel said this is great while the other one said what is he thinking. and when it all comes down to it all you really have to think about is what are you thinking... sometimes it may be hard to write a story as ournalist and not use your emotions or your own opinions. because thats what writing is about. its about expressing. i wouldnt tell ajournalist to change their way of writing but instead i would suggest that the reader has a strong mind and base their opinions on what they think and connect different sourcs rather than just simply taking the opinion of others. its like when you are in a relationship (most people) they are with someone because THEY think that the person is great not because someone else said it. So why cant writing and reading be the same way?

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